title: [A case with an ovarian cancer patient who could receive anti-cancer therapy and palliative care simultaneously at home through seamless collaboration in healthcare linkage].
abstract: A palliative care team provides palliative care in the hospital setting.However, palliative care might be discontinued when a patient was switched to an outpatient from an inpatient or when a patient was being transferred to another hospital.In the present work, we report a case who could receive anti-cancer therapy and palliative care simultaneously at home.The case is a 46-year-old woman.She was diagnosed as left ovary cancer in 1990's and underwent an operation followed by chemotherapy. The tumor relapsed and invaded the sigmoid colon in 2000's.She then developed an intestinal obstruction and was hospitalized.After her conditions were stabilized, she was discharged but still needed a high degree of medical interventions. She was introduced to another hospital providing a home palliative care as well as emergency admission.She could fulfill her desire to receive a palliative care and chemotherapy simultaneously at home through this seamless healthcare linkage.It should be insisted that hospital oncologists and home doctors need to acquire the knowledge of palliative care and close cooperation between them is required.It is also important to establish a comprehensive healthcare linkage system in the society.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Internal Medicine, Keiyu Hospital.
authors.forename: Hisayo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Isono
authors.forename: Yasuaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gyoda
authors.forename: Akitaka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshizawa
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kenmoku
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Onose
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwase
mesh_terms: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019058:Community Networks; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care; D010348:Patient Care Team
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D004317:Doxorubicin